Bellevue lamps by Arne Jacobsen

Bellevue Collection

Arne Jacobsen at his best: The Bellevue floor lamp

The lamps in the Bellevue collection are prime examples of real design classics: Designed by Arne Jacobsen as early as 1929, they appear as contemporary and modern today as ever. This timelessness is due to the precision and sophistication of the design, which brings together the minimalism of classic modernism and the functionality of the Bauhaus. In addition, Arne Jacobsen's preference for graceful lines and simple, organic shapes, for which he would later become so famous, is already evident in the Bellevue lamps.

The Bellevue lamps in the "House of Future"

For several of his projects, Jacobsen was commissioned to design furniture, cutlery and lampshades, building an ad hoc collection of residential objects that endured over time. One such was the visionary House of the Future, for which Jacobsen originally created the Bellevue lights in 1929, which combine minimalism with Bauhaus inspiration.

The exhibition room House of future conveyed the visionary image of a house in the future. The house itself was never built

The "House of the Future" project embodies a space with a flat roof made of glass and concrete, which Jacobsen designed together with his architect colleague Flemming Larsen. And which embodied a futuristic version of a house, outfitted with original designs and featuring the latest technological achievements, from automatic garage doors to a helipad. However, the project was never built.

The designer's fine dedication to craftsmanship is unmistakably recognizable in the Bellevue collection to this day: the lampshade, ground at 45-degrees, is still made from a single piece of metal and spun by hand using traditional techniques. As early as 1929, the Bellevue collection was a pioneering creation that, with its unmistakable character, fits timelessly into today's present.

Thanks to the characteristic, asymmetrically, cut lamp head, the lamps in the Bellevue collection are distinctive and elegant. The typical Bellevue shape also ensures that the lights do not dazzle at 45 degrees. &Tradition has launched the reintroduction of the Bellevue lamps in new colours and materials, as well as in four versions, as Bellevue table, wall and floor lamps. Each Bellevue lamp is also manufactured with a complimenting textile cable.